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912 Patriots of Lower Bucks - Your Daily Updates ALL in ONE Place!
November 30, 2012
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"An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation." --John Marshall
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Wonder why the Obama administration announced yesterday that the Guantanamo Bay inmates will be coming to a town near you? Obama is "disgorging" mass murderers from Gitmo to be housed in jails right down the street from your house.
Two words: Tony West.
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Related Story Below
Senate approves measure to prevent transfer of terrorist detainees to US
FoxNews.com | Published November 30, 2012
The Senate has passed a measure that prevents terrorist detainees from being transferred to facilities on U.S. soil, a day after it was revealed a prominent Democrat had commissioned a federal report to identify U.S. locations that may be suitable for housing Guantanamo prisoners.
The measure, which was introduced by Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., was approved by a vote of 54 to 41 late Thursday.
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS!!!!
This Friday, Let's Give The Messiah a Warm Montco Welcome!
UPDATE: We will be meeting at a closed down gas station. There is plenty of parking, and we will be highly visible. It's located at the corner of Bethlehem Pike (Rt 309) and Unionville Pike in Hatfield. It will start at 11:30am. The rally will last for 2 hours. Please come out, and help us give President Oblahblah a warm Montco welcome!
We are organizing an Obama protest along with a bunch of other patriotic groups. So far members have confirmed from our group Citizens for Liberty, Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots, and the Valley Forge Patriots. We are still waiting to hear back from others as well. This is not a republican or democrat thing, we are just concerned Americans that want to give a not-so warm Montco welcome to Obama because we are sick and tired of his economic policies. We are counting on his motor cage to drive by our rally so he can see our signs. PLEASE JOIN US!
What to bring: Gadsden flags, American Flags, and anti-Obama signs. Let's mainly focus on the fiscal issues. We need to have a clear message. I'll bring my "16 Trillion Dollar Obama Built That" sign and my megaphone along with some flyers that we can pass out to people. Bring the kids too!
When: Friday, November 30th
Time: 11:30am-1:30pm.
Please try to arrive in the beginning, or even a little bit before it starts so we can have a large crowd.
Where: 2500 Bethlehem Pike
Hatfield, PA. 19440.
This is at a closed down Luk Oil gas station on Bethlehem Pike (Rt 309) and Unionville Pike. Its about a mile from Wal-Mart, across the street is a statue company and is also right up the street from the Manheim Car Dealer and Peruzzi Toyota.
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53% of Democrats Have a Positive View of Socialism, Gallup Poll Claims
The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on November 30, 2012 at 7:40am
A Gallup survey released this week is sure to spark some partisan debate. The post-election study found that more than half of Democrats and left-leaning Americans (53 percent) have a positive view of socialism. This is almost identical to the proportion of left-of-center individuals who respond favorably to capitalism (55 percent).
These findings are particularly striking, especially when compared to Republicans' views on these economic systems. While 72 percent of right-of-center Americans have a favorable opinion of capitalism, only 23 percent share similar sentiments when it comes to socialism.
Many Republicans have dubbed modern-day Democrats "socialists," a title that is often-times rejected by liberal Americans. While 53 percent certainly doesn't constitute the entire party, it's likely that these results will ignite further controversy and renewed claims that liberal Americans have a greater penchant for embracing income redistribution and socialistic tendencies.
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GOP Leadership Responds to Obama's 'Fiscal Cliff' Offer: No Thanks
The Blaze | by Becket Adams | Posted on November 29, 2012 at 6:02pm
President Barack Obama on Thursday offered a budget deal to avoid the impending "fiscal cliff" that calls for a "$1.6 trillion tax increase, a $50 billion economic-stimulus program and new power to raise the federal debt limit without congressional approval [emphasis added]" in exchange for some $400 billion in cuts to "be worked out next year" (with no guarantees), the Wall Street Journal reports.
Unsurprisingly, GOP leaders responded to the president's offer with a resounding [paraphrased], "No thanks."
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History lesson
Little Akio
The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'?"
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Akio, a bright foreign exchange student from Japan, who had his hand up:
"Patrick Henry, 1775," he said.
"Very good! -- Who said, 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth'?"
Again, no response except from Little Akio: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863.."
"Excellent!" said the teacher continuing, "Let's try one a bit more difficult -- Who said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country'?"
Once again, Akio's was the only hand in the air and he said:
"John F. Kennedy, 1961."
The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed of yourselves, Little Akio isn't from this country and he knows more about our history than you do."
She heard a loud whisper: "Kill the Japs."
"Who said that? -- I want to know right now!? she angrily demanded..
Little Akio put his hand up, "General MacArthur, 1945."
 At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke.'
The teacher glares around and asks, 'All right! -- Now who said that?"
Again, Little Akio says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said, "You little dirtball, If you say anything else -- I'll kill you!"
Little Akio frantically yells at the top of his voice, "Michael Jackson to the children testifying against him, 2004."
The teacher fainted. As the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh my, We're screwed!"
Little Akio said quietly, "The American people, November 6, 2012.
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UN Treaty Vote Tuesday -- Keep Calling Senators!
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November 29, 2012
Your calls urging Senators to oppose the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) are working! Earlier this week, the Senate held a vote on a Motion to Proceed to discussion on the Treaty. The Motion passed by a vote of 61-34, with three Senators not voting. This is good news, because 67 votes are needed to pass the Treaty if all 100 Senators are present. Still, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he will bring the Treaty to the floor for a ratification vote next Tuesday, December 4th. So we need to keep the calls coming!
Take Action
We are hearing that those in favor of this Treaty are waging a full-scale effort to secure votes, so even if you have called before, your Senators need to hear from you again.
Click here for the roll call for Tuesday's vote. Please check to see how your Senators voted and call to hold them accountable for their vote. Please thank those who voted NO and urge them to stand strong. Keep in mind that some Senators will vote yes on a Motion to Proceed but will vote NO on ratification. Please urge ALL Senators to vote NO on the CRPD!
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
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 Dear Friends, The Kitchen Table Patriots is proud to join together with Business leaders from across Pennsylvania in holding a press conference to bring to light the terrible consequences of Obama's Tax Plan. If you did not know, Obama is coming to a Pennsylvania manufacturing plant in SE PA to sell his fiscal cliff tax hike plan. We do not want people to waste their energy protesting the President. Instead we are encouraging people to come out and support the below press conference. Come show your support for job creators and say NO to huge tax hikes that will cripple our already damaged economy. Where: American Bar Products Manufacturing Plant 971 Mearns Rd Warminster PA. 18974 Date: November 30th Time: 2pm to 2:30pm Speakers include: William Marsh Business owner, Gene Barr President of the PA Chamber, Kevin Shivers PA State Director for NFIB, David Taylor Executive Director for Pennsylvania Manufacturing Association, Ana Puig Co-Chair of The KTP and FreedomWorks PA, Dan Beisel VP of the Iron League, Anastasia Przybylski will be the moderator. On a different note, if you plan on attending the Holiday Party please RSVP We only had a few responses. We will need to cancel it if we don't
get enough people. We really need the money ahead of time. You can pay on line below or send a Check to: The Kitchen Table Patriots PO BOX 3 Doylestown PA 18901
Please join us at:The Standard Club (Formerly "The Moose")
Thursday, December 20, 2012
7:00PM
Tickets: $25.00 includes appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks. This is to cover the expenses of the party.
Please RSVP by replying to this email.
Please send your checks to:
The Kitchen Table Patriots
PO Box 3, Doylestown, PA 18901
Yours in Liberty, The Kitchen Table Patriots Team
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Glenn's Coming to Pennsylvania THIS THURSDAY!
If there's one thing Glenn likes more than writing books, it's signing them and meeting fans! Mark your calendar because Glenn will be signing copies of his new thriller novel Agenda 21 THIS THURSDAY!
He'll be visiting several cities in your area, so pick the one that is closest to you!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29th
Allentown, PA
2:00-3:00pm
Barnes & Noble
801 Lehigh Lifestyle Center
Whitehall, PA 18052
King of Prussia, PA
4:30-6:00pm
Barnes & Noble
Valley Fair
150 West Swedesford Road
Devon, PA 19333
Harrisburg, PA
7:30-8:30pm
Barnes & Noble
Camp Hill Shopping Center
58 South 32nd Street
Camp Hill, PA 17011
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Tell Governor Corbett NO to healthcare exchanges
717-787-2500
NJ Governor 609-292-6000
If you know people in other states such as New Jersey, whose Governor leaves me very weak at this time ,please reach out to Governor Christies office and tell him the same thing. We are not limited to asking our friends and families in other areas of the country to do the same. We must call daily, this is not a one time event. The more calls going out to them the better. We have until December 14th. We the People will make the difference, we must continue to help get our country back at all costs.
Thank you
Barbara & Mary. PTPP-South Philly
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Political Education Seminar
Monday, December . 3rd @ 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm
Location Wegman's Restaurant
4401 Pottsville Pike
Reading Pa
Guest Speaker: Sam Rohrer
Topic of Discussion: Post Election Analysis and Where we go from here
RSVP: Tackleshack@comcast.net or
Call 610-777-1234
Limited Seating
"Educate and inform the whole mass of people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." Thomas Jefferson
Berks County Patriots
IF NOT US, THEN WHO; IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN? Ronald Reagan
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Shalom ZOA Members, Friends and Supporters of Israel,
Please join us next week on Wednesday, Dec. 5for our next quarterly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Adath Israel, 250 North Highland Avenue, Merion Station. Our guest speaker will be the renowned Rabbi Aryeh Spero, author of the new book Push Back: Reclaiming the Judeo-Christian Spirit. At our meeting, Rabbi Spero will discuss "Support for Israel in a Changing Political Climate."
This meeting is free and open to the public. Please encourage your friends, family, neighbors and colleagues to join you at this meeting. Forward the flyer (below and attached) to your contacts.
Rabbi Spero is also engaging and stimulating in his presentation, as you can see from the Youtube video clips below the flyer.
If you are available to volunteer at the meeting to help set up or help at the registration table, please let us know via email or by calling 610-660-9466. Thank you.
We look forward to seeing you next week.
 | | Israel You're Not Alone - Rabbi Aryeh Spero |
 | | Spero: Liberalism is Paganism, Obama like Ahab |
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The David Horowitz Philadelphia Freedom Center
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Explore the idea of American Exceptionalism with historian Victor Davis Hanson.
On December 11th join Victor Hanson for dinner at the Philadelphia Ritz Carlton. For more information and registration please click here or go to phillyfreedom.org.
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Victor Davis Hanson is and American military
historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics
professor, a scholar of ancient warfare. He has been a
commentator on modern warfare and contemporary politics
for National Review and other media outlets. He was for
many years a professor of classics at California State
University, Fresno, and is currently the Martin and Illie
Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover
Institution. His upcoming book, The Savior Generals (2013)
analyzes how five generals in the history of the West changed
the course of battles against all odds.
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VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS THURSDAY (not Friday), DECEMBER 13TH MEETING, 6PM Phoenixville Country Club IMPORTANT MEETING! UN Agenda 21 Please plan to be there. Put the date on your calendar now. - A "show and tell" with John Taylor who works with Tom Dewees, at the American Policy Center, a 15 year leader of exposing this UN scheme to take away your property rights and other American liberties, otherwise known as sustainable development.
Agenda 21 is the plan that is intended to take away the rights and liberties of all Americans. Currently, there is a big push to institute a global tax and make the UN the global IRS. If you think this is not possible, I challenge you to find out the real truth. The UN Agenda 21 plan is also to take away your gun rights, control the sea, space and air (global commons), have financial regulatory authority, a global economic council, and a world monetary board. But one of the worst things for us, is the plan to take away our right of property ownership and turn much of our country into uninhabited wastelands. No roads, no transportation, no population. If you think this is extreme and can't happen, you are wrong. This plan is so far down the road that we will have a very hard time stopping it. There are many counties and townships in our area that have already signed up and are involved, including the borough of West Chester. These communities and counties don't realize what they are signing up to support. The words they use are positive sounding, but the results are very ugly. Some municipalities in Maryland have fought and have won their way out of the program. Everyone needs to learn about this plot. Please personally invite your supervisors, the RCCC, commissioners, and other legislators. Do this now! Plan to greet them, sit with them and follow up with them. They are so involved with other issues that Agenda 21 seems far off and impossible. Aware citizens must help them learn the reality! We the People must defeat any treaty that promises to hand the UN global taxing powers or any other powers over our nation and our liberties! Please join the VFP and participate - join like-minded patriots and learn how we can help stop this assault on America! Free parking, food and drink available for purchase. |
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FREE e-BOOK:
Rules for Conservative Radicals!
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America has arrived at a critical juncture in its history. as a nation, we can either reverse our current course-one that leads to a country of the government, by the government, and for the government-or we can chart a new course that will, once again, be guided by the principles for which our Founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor. See how in this 94 page download.
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Florida Family Association's webmaster American Family Online has produced the following remarkable product to protect children and adults from explicit material on cell phones and tablets.
( You can find more information please see http://mobilewebguard.com )
According to our research at AFO, the largest growing group of smart phone users is the 12-17 year old age group. Unfortunately, also according to research, the largest viewership of pornography from the Internet on smart phones is 12 to 17 year old children. The impact is catastrophic. Desensitization, failed relationships, abuse of women are the results, nothing good.
Although there are other so called parental control functions and filtered browser apps available, none give the protection and full functionality of MobileWebGuard. We are most proud of the intelligent content scanning and the lock down so that it cannot be easily removed or deactivated. A filter that can easily be removed or bypassed is a placebo and will do more harm than good if a parent thinks the phone is filtered and it is not.
This app works on most Android and Apple (iOS) devices including smart phones and tablets! These are the fastest growing segments in consumer technology and thus the most exposed to the dark side of the Internet. For peace of mind online, a parent must insure their child has a protected mobile device.
Related Scripture Verses
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.
Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged.
Philippians 4:8- Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.
1 Peter 4:7-10 The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.
Features
Compatible with most iOS (Apple) and Android devices and includes ...
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You can find more information please see http://mobilewebguard.com
Floridafamily.org
Email: ffa@floridafamily.org Florida Family Association, Inc. P.O. Box 46547, Tampa, FL 33646-0105 Telephone 813-264-5888
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Yes, it's true: You can support ACT! for America-at no cost to you! An important message from
Guy Rodgers, Executive Director
The next time you make an online purchase of almost anything, you could be helping ACT! for America-at no cost to you.
Sound too good to be true? It isn't.
All you have to do is sign up for "iGive"-a program that's been around since 1997.
The concept is as powerful as it is simple.
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Every time an iGive member makes an online purchase at over 1,000 brand-name stores, a percentage of that purchase is donated to that person's charity of choice.
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And with the holidays just around the corner, you could be helping ACT! for America with every gift you buy!
The concept isn't new. In the mid-1990s many supporters of non-profit organizations signed up with long distance telephone programs where a percentage of their bill was donated to their charity of choice.
But our investigation of iGive has convinced us that this program has an ease of use and sophistication that we find remarkable.
- Imagine booking a hotel room on Orbitz-and having 1.6% of that purchase price donated to ACT! for America.
- Or buying an Xbox at Best Buy-and having 1.2% of the purchase price donated to ACT! for America.
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The same goes for buying merchandise at Amazon, Bath and Body Works, Advance Auto Parts, Game Stop, Kmart, Home Depot, Holiday Inn, Old Navy, NASCAR Superstore, Overstock.com, Mattel, J.C. Penney, Office Max, QVC, Radio Shack, Shoe Carnival, Pottery Barn-and on and on the list goes.
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In other words, every time you make a purchase of merchandise you would buy anyway, you would be financially supporting ACT! for America!
All you have to do is log on below and follow the directions to create your account and download the iGive "button." (Note: downloading the "button" is key).
Get Started Here!
When I was first informed of iGive, I was skeptical. I've seen these ideas come and go. Often, they're too good to be true. Or there are all kinds of glitches and problems.
So I spent hours researching.
I looked at online customer reviews (which were very good). I read all of iGive's fine print, such as Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. I signed up and even emailed two tech support questions to see how good their tech support was.
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And the more I dug, the more I liked what I saw. For instance, both of my tech support questions were responded to within 60 minutes. How often does THAT happen?
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As you know from our Patriot Partner program, we're all about encouraging a lot of people to each do a little-to do something. When everyone does a little, together we accomplish a lot.
So consider what could happen.
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If just 1% of ACT! for America members each purchased just $400 in merchandise in 2013, from all the available outlets, and the average percentage donated to ACT! was 1.5%, the total amount donated back to ACT! for America would be...
...$15,000. That's a lot of money, wouldn't you agree?
And if you were one of those ACT! for America members, it wouldn't cost you one thin dime to help ACT! for America receive $15,000.
If this idea really caught on, and eventually 5% of our members made purchases with iGive, that $15,000 could explode to $50,000, $75,000 or more!
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What's more, that 1.5% figure might be low. Many of the merchants offer percentage donations that are much higher. One printer inkjet company I looked at offered 13%!
Every merchant website you visit tells you right at the top what percentage of your purchase price will be donated to ACT! for America.
Just think what we could accomplish with an extra $15,000, $50,000 or $75,000 in our fight against radical Islam!
Get Started Here!
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One of the things I most wanted to know was their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Check it out for yourself. I confirmed the terms with a company representative. And I like what I learned. As security-conscious as I am, I have no hesitation using the service-and I'm already doing so.
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I know there are many people out there who would love to support ACT! for America, or give more than they're giving, but in these tough economic times they simply can't.
Well, here's a way that everyone who believes in our mission can easily support what we're doing-at no cost to them.
It doesn't get any better than that.
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There are already chapter leaders who have signed up for the program, and the feedback I have been getting from them has been all positive. They love the idea and many of them are already using it.
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So please, join me and these ACT! for America chapter leaders who are already signed up and using the iGive service.
Yours for a safe and free America
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 'The Hope And The Change' - Full Movie by Citizens United
See the movie for free here:
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Today we are excited to announce that "Occupy Unmasked" will be made available on Video on Demand (VOD), on the heels of its successful limited theatrical release. "Occupy Unmasked" must be seen to be believed and now you and millions of others will have that opportunity right in your own homes. The VOD providers carrying "Occupy Unmasked" include iTunes; Amazon; Charter; Comcast; Google Play; DirecTV; Playstation3; Suddenlink; Time Warner; Verizon FIOS; VUDU; Xbox Zune; AT&T UVerse; Cablevision; Cox; and Dish Network. For more information on how to watch on VOD please click HERE. "Occupy Unmasked," takes viewers into the Occupy Wall Street camps across the country in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Portland, Denver and Oakland for an up-close look at what's happened there and who's at the heart of the movement. Exclusive footage and first-hand eyewitness accounts tell the story of the criminal activity and raw brutality in the camps - much of which has not been reported by the mainstream media. Featuring the late conservative icon Andrew Breitbart, as well as former leftist radicals turned patriotic citizen journalists Brandon Darby, David Horowitz, Pam Keys, Anita MonCrief, Mandy Nagy, and Lee Stranahan, among others, this film delves beneath the surface of the Occupy movement to show its anarchist roots. Please check your local cable provider to see if "Occupy Unmasked" is available on demand on your TV or download and watch the film online. Sincerely, David N. BossiePresident of Citizens United Executive Producer of Occupy Unmasked |
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Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013
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The Annual Jay Michael Swartz Memorial Lecture: An Evening with Michael Medved
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 For Men and Women
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013
7:30pm
*Pre-lecture dinner 6:15pm
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AMERICAN JEWS AND CHRISTIAN EVANGELICALS: IRRECONCILABLE ENEMIES OR INEVITABLE ALLIES?
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Michael Medved is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and bestselling author. His daily show is heard by over 3.75 million people across the country. Born in Philadelphia, Michael won admission to Yale at age 16 as a National Merit Scholar. He majored in American History and graduated with honors, before attending Yale Law School, where his classmates included Bill and Hillary Clinton. Michael wrote his first bestseller at age 26 - "What Really Happened to the Class of '65?" - a skeptical reconsideration of the "counterculture" of the 1960's that became a weekly TV series on NBC.
Many American Jews distrust and even fear the rise of the evangelical Christianity. They see this religious movement as a threat to the survival of Judaism in the United States and to the continuance of a society that values pluralism and religious liberty. On the other hand increasing numbers of American Jews view evangelicals as natural allies, not just when it comes to support of Israel, but on a range of social issues here in the U.S. In this provocative presentation, Michael Medved will explain where Jews and Christians already agree, and where they can never agree, in their participation in the ongoing battles shaping American society.
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Lubavitch of Bucks County * 25 N State Street * Newtown, PA 18940 * 215-497-9925
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Dear Fellow Conservative,
Registration for CPAC 2013 is now open! The American Conservative Union's legendary annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is scheduled for March 14-16, 2013 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.
Register Now for CPAC 2013
Don't miss your chance to help take our country back to the right. To register now and reserve your space, visit conservative.org.
Join the Celebration
In honor of CPAC's 40th Anniversary, we look forward to joining conservatives from across the nation for CPAC 2013, celebrating the accomplishments of the movement while also energizing the next generation of conservatives.
New Location
CPAC 2013 boasts a new location at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Complimentary CPAC shuttle busses to and from the Gaylord Center will be available at convenient locations across the National Capitol Region. Details will be released in the coming weeks; please visit conservative.org for updates.
CPAC Past & Present
The ACU has hosted CPAC in the Nation's Capital since 1973, and it now stands as the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the country. Additionally, the ACU this year hosted two regional CPACs designed to energize and mobilize Midwest and Mountain West conservatives, giving them the tools needed to defeat the liberal agenda in 2012 while also highlighting rising conservative stars and issues in the region. Stay tuned for details on 2013 regional CPAC locations!
Interested in Sponsoring CPAC 2013?
National and local partners are critical to achieving a successful event. CPAC 2013 provides an excellent platform to promote your message and network with the leaders and activists who are on the frontlines of the conservative movement. We invite you to review the special opportunities available to join the action at CPAC 2013 by visiting conservative.org.
See you at the National Harbor!
The American Conservative Union
Questions regarding CPAC 2013 may be sent to cpac@conservative.org.
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The Great Betrayal: Obama's Wars and the War in Iraq
Jul 18th, 2012
Daniel Greenfield's new Freedom Center pamphlet, The Great Betrayal: Obama's Wars and the War in Iraq, is an effort to understand the politics of the "war on terror" which has now reached a final punctuation point with the U.S. decision to speed its withdrawal from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan (where success was once deemed so crucial to national security), and to practice an incoherent form of regime change in Libya while ignoring more serious threats in Syria and Iran.
The war on terror began, Greenfield shows, as an admirable bipartisan commitment soon after the tragedy of 9/11-an effort to transcend party lines not only to punish those who attacked our country but also to interrupt planning for further attacks and try to stop the international spread of the Islamic jihad behind the attacks. But the Democratic Party, with the honorable exception of a few individuals like Richard Gephardt and Joe Lieberman, turned its back on a war soon after authorizing it, and did so at a time when American troops were facing hostile enemy fire.
Although Senate Democrats on the intelligence oversight committee had been granted access to every piece of data available to the White House, they now accused President Bush of tricking them to secure their approval. In fact, their own about-face was entirely dictated by political considerations when a Sixties antiwar activist, Howard Dean, surged ahead in the Democratic primary polls and it appeared for a moment that Americans were on the side of retreat and capitulation.
Although regime change in Iraq had been official U.S. policy since Bill Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, Democratic senators such as John Kerry who only months earlier had supported the war effort now launched demoralizing attacks on the American commander-in-chief and his troops in the field, stigmatizing it as "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time." If the truth was the first casualty of their war against the Bush administration, the second casualty was the principle of bi-partisanship that had guided foreign policy debates throughout the Cold War, the principle that "politics stops at the water's edge." Now partisan politics trumped security.
The unrestrained attacks on the Iraq War as illegal and unjustified went largely unanswered by Republicans who failed to call the Democratic saboteurs of the nation's war effort to account or to decry the risk their cynical attacks posed to American servicemen and women on the battlefield. As Greenfield demonstrates, the Democrats' partisanship had consequences not only in Iraq but elsewhere in the region: the paralysis that resulted from their "anti-war" campaign led straight to the destruction of Lebanon and the installation of a terrorist army, Hezbollah, there as a regime within a regime. And it emboldened an overtly Islamofascist regime in Iran not only to supply the IEDs responsible for most of our troop fatalities in Iraq but also to proceed with a nuclear program aimed directly at Israel and the West.
The Great Betrayal shows that Barack Obama's abandonment of Iraq is a betrayal of all the Americans and Iraqis who gave their lives to establish freedom in that country. And the result of his policies in Afghanistan has been as disastrous. While the President presented his rationale for pursuing war there as the pursuit of al-Qaeda, after abandoning his "surge" (which resulted in two thirds of all America's Afghan casualties there and the resurgence of the Taliban allies of al-Qaeda), he blithely prepared for withdrawal as if national objectives had been met.
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Individuals sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood's sinister agenda have infiltrated the Obama Administration.
Brainwashed by the Muslim Students Association and then propelled in to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the David Horowitz Freedom Center tracks the path of Huma Abedin and other Muslim sympathizers who have navigated their way into positions of great influence in the Obama Administration. Everything is revealed in the explosive new Freedom Center pamphlet, "The Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama Administration," written by Frank Gaffney, national security expert who served as Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan.
The David Horowitz Freedom Center is committed to educating the public on the Muslim Brotherhood's sinister Agenda. That is why we are giving away this pamphlet for FREE.
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"Losing our Sons": Documentary looks at domestic Islamic radicalization and jihadization
 Charles Jacobs at Americans for Peace and Tolerance announced today the release of a trailer for their upcoming documentary, "Losing Our Sons", featuring Melvin Bledsoe - father of domestic terrorist Carlos Bledsoe aka Abdulhakim Mohamed who gunned down US Army recruiter Pvt. William Long at an Army-Navy recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas in June 2009. Melvin Bledsoe testified at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing earlier this month.
The upcoming documentary discusses how Bledsoe was radicalized by the Muslim Student Association in Tennessee and sent to terrorist training in Yemen with the written recommendation of the imam of a Nashville mosque. It also discusses how the agents of radicalization in the Nashville Muslim community have been aided by collaborators in the establishment media, politics and the so-called "interfaith" community.
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November 2012 * Volume 41, Number 11
Is the Constitution Colorblind?
Edward J. Erler
California State University, San Bernardino
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EDWARD J. ERLER is professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino. He earned his B.A. from San Jose State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from the Claremont Graduate School. He has published numerous articles on constitutional topics in journals such as Interpretation, the Notre Dame Journal of Law, and the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. He was a member of the California Advisory Commission on Civil Rights from 1988-2006 and served on the California Constitutional Revision Commission in 1996. He is the author of The American Polity and co-author of The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration.
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The following is adapted from a lecture delivered at Hillsdale College on September 9, 2012, during a conference on "The Supreme Court: History and Current Controversies."
An important case was heard by the Supreme Court last month involving a race-conscious affirmative action program at the University of Texas. This case, Fisher v. Texas, will decide whether racial classifications intended to promote student diversity are consistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This question, of course, had already been answered in Grutter v. Bollinger
in 2003, when the Court approved a race-conscious admissions plan at the University of Michigan Law School. But the situation at the University of Texas is somewhat different and may provoke the Court to reconsider its 2003 decision.
Another case that the Supreme Court will have to take up in the near future involves what appears to be an unresolvable conflict in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As originally passed, the Civil Rights Act prohibited employment discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, ethnicity, or sex. A later amendment, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, added a "disparate impact provision," which allows a claim of discrimination to be established on the basis of disproportionate racial results. The impossible situation here is that to avoid a disparate impact violation, employers might feel themselves obligated to engage in racial discrimination in order to achieve acceptable results.
In Ricci v. DeStefano, decided in 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that a municipality could not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race in order to insulate itself against a claim of disparate impact. The city of New Haven, Connecticut, held competitive examinations for promotions within its fire department. Even though the test had been professionally designed to eliminate racial and ethnic bias, all who scored high enough for promotion were white or Hispanic. In order to avoid a disparate impact charge that surely would be brought by black firefighters, the city discarded the exam results and did not promote any of the candidates. This disappointed those firefighters who had passed the exam, and they claimed disparate treatment under the Civil Rights Act. The Court in the Ricci decision attempted to avoid the intractable contradiction in the law by arguing that New Haven had no "strong basis in evidence" that it would have lost a disparate impact challenge and therefore its discrimination against the individuals who passed the exam violated the prohibition against racial treatment. The Court, however, gave no credence to the argument that the equal protection guarantees of the Civil Rights Act are at war with its disparate impact provisions.
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News from The Hill:
Boehner, House GOP reject debt deal offer from White House
By Russell Berman, Mike Lillis and Erik Wasson
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday rejected a White House offer to avert the fiscal cliff that would include $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $400 billion in spending cuts and a permanent increase in the debt ceiling, Republican aides said.
Aides said the offer was made by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Rob Nabors, a top White House adviser, during their meeting with Republican leaders in the Capitol.
While the Obama administration described the offer as reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over 10 years, Republican told The Hill its tax increases amount to $600 billion more than what the Democratic-led Senate passed earlier this year when it approved legislation that would allow tax rates on top earners to rise.
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Yesterday looked hopeless... That's changing!
You'll notice I've placed a facsimile of a $20 bill at the top of this email. I'll tell you why in a minute.
I want to tell you about a new offensive that I've started to defeat Agenda 21 once and for all!
But first, let me tell you about some major developments in APC's battle to stop the UN's Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development.
As you know, since 1992, the United Nations has been on a drive for global governance. And Agenda 21 and its policy of Sustainable Development is the blue print to bring it about - all hidden behind excuses of environmental protection.
Worse, Sustainable Development has been quietly and effectively imposed on local communities where it is called community "visioning," historic preservation or "orderly" development. Many times city fathers have been unaware that they are actually enforcing international policy.
Today, almost every community in the nation has begun to implement at least some of the Agenda 21 policy.
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RedState Morning Briefing
For November 30, 2012
1. Cliff Diving
Only a fool would think that the same Congress that got us in this mess can get us out of this mess.
The fiscal cliff is the byproduct of multiple congressional compromises to kick several different cans down the road. Now they've all landed in the same spot. Both sides are trying to kick multiple cans at one time and are kicking each other instead.
What's really going on in Washington right now is Republicans are in theater trying to look like the reasonable party. They want back in the good graces of the American public and want to at least save some face when polling says they'll probably get blamed and their position is unpopular.
They might as well give it up. They're going to get the blame no matter what happens. They are disjointed with bad spokesmen. One is orange and the other . . . well . . . .
2. You Think Obama Stole the Election? Then Read This
We try hard to be a serious website where serious-minded people can interact and a website that can be read and quoted in the media and in political circles without people laughing and pointing. You can't do that when your comments section is infested with people espousing various conspiracy theories.
RedState has never been simpatico to conspiracy theories. In our history we've dealt with 9-11 Troofers and Birfers and all manner of believers in the omnipresence of Opus Dei, the Bilderbergers, the Illuminati, and, of course, the Jews and their ability to manipulate world events. Our response is to ban them on sight. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Update on the RNC Consultants
A short time ago, I talked to Sean Spicer of the RNC.
He tells me that Jeff Larson will not be doing the autopsy and, according to Sean, there had been no plans for Larson to do it.
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November 30, 2012
Today's Articles:
Benghazi 'Narrative' Reads Like TWA 800's
Jack Cashill
Once upon a time, Bill Clinton covered up the deaths of Americans to save his re-election. Barack Obama is doing the same thing...but now we have the internet. More
Facing Up to the Enormity of Our Problem
Daren Jonescu
The modern left's anti-rational, anti-virtuous, anti-individualist superstructure must be destroyed, mercilessly and thoroughly. It took generations for this brilliant scheme to be wound around the West, like spider's silk around its paralyzed prey. More
Israel and the Carthaginian Peace
Glenn Fairman
To the Arab collective consciousness, the idea of a lasting peace with the Jew is anathema, and any negotiations have been couched within that cunning consciousness as a form of diplomatic warfare. More
How Obama Won (and Lost) The Youth Vote
Janice Shaw Crouse
Did youth choose marijuana and government dependency over jobs and prosperity? More
How the U.N. Will Destroy Leftists' Dreams of a 'Two-State Solution'
Stuart J. Moskovitz
The U.N., in its ceaseless and now providential stupidity, is on track to preclude a scenario many conservatives and supporters of Israel have long dreaded. More
Digital Devil's Dictionary
Ross C. Reeves
The Protean Line is a killer app. Everyone can be for one of these word products - or put another way, no one can say they are against it More
Why Treat Sudan Like a Normal Country?
Shoshana Bryen
From the perspective of American national interests, lack of effective action to remove Omar Hssan al-Bashir and his lieutenants allows Iran to vastly expand its conventional reach and encourage endless warfare in Sudan and neighboring states. More
Message to the GOP: Believe it or Not
J.T. Hatter
Inability to express a positive conservative vision has been going on with the GOP for a long time. Instead of exciting, visionary, conservative candidates, they give us RINOs. More
American Thinker BlogOn the Harvesting of Votes
November 30, 2012
It is happening, it is happening frequently, and it's Democrats who are doing it. More A Firm Voice and a Strong Argument
November 30, 2012
How are Republicans going to navigate the fiscal cliff deliberations without looking like idiots? More To Jail a Mockingbird
November 30, 2012
Is "mocking" an offense punishable by jail time now? Don't ask ABC News. More Bobbling Obama
November 30, 2012
Just days after he was crucified, too. More Americans Spend as Much on Lotteries as on Afghan War
November 30, 2012
Dems keep yelling that instead of spending billions on the war in Afghanistan, we need to spend for the poor on home. But here are some interesting facts More Lethal Shiite Iranian Jew-Hatred, Despite Abject Dhimmitude
November 29, 2012
The killing of a Jewish woman by fanatics is covered up by the government. More If nation goes over fiscal cliff, Obama will be sunning himself in Hawaii
November 29, 2012
20 days and $4 million for Dear Leader's vacation. More Work is for suckers
November 29, 2012
Mitt Romney was correct in bemoaning the reality that we have 47% of the population receiving a subsidy from the federal government, but he chose the wrong focus. Our culture revolves around victims, and hard working people are now victimized. More About that Iranian nuclear yield graph...
November 29, 2012
yeild More Could Congress cut or eliminate the mortgage interest deduction?
November 29, 2012
Limiting the deduction could raise tens of billions in revenue over the next decade. More Tom Ricks hammers MSNBC after skewering Fox
November 29, 2012
Cable news is the graveyard of truth. More Carney: Obama 'not particularly concerned' that Rice misled the American people
November 29, 2012
Sit down and shut up, America. More
Yesterday's Articles: The Governing Class and the Decline of America 11-29-2012 01:04:54 AM The United States finds itself in a circumstance once thought unthinkable. An ill-educated and near morally bankrupt society increasingly made up of those dependent on government combined with a governing class whose primary interest is themselves. ...» Target: Old White Men 11-29-2012 01:04:10 AM Who forged the West? Who birthed democracy? Who improved upon it, giving us our Constitution and modern republican government? There is a reason why most of the busts and pictures of legendary figures portray old white men....» Doha-ing It Again 11-29-2012 01:04:05 AM Instead of calling it the U.N. Conference on Climate Change, Doha should probably be called the Global Left's Conference on How to Take Over the World. ...» Why Ingraham Is Right and Perry Is Wrong on Illegal Immigration and the Vote 11-29-2012 01:04:00 AM To properly articulate the conservative message on illegal immigration (and it is a good, quintessentially American one), we'll have to return to first principles....» Losing the Latino Vote 11-29-2012 01:01:50 AM A large and widely undereducated voting bloc that will keep Democrats in power for the foreseeable future. And the country will be the worse off because of it. ...» Militant Socialism in America 11-29-2012 01:01:50 AM We need to be better marketers for liberty. We need to call Obama out when he creates a web of deceit. If he can come up with one-liners for his party line, so can we....» A Tax Increase Primer 11-29-2012 01:01:50 AM If we want a more progressive tax policy with the wealthy paying a greater share, then we should encourage the proliferation of the wealthy. One way to get more taxes from millionaires is to have more millionaires....»
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November 29, 2012
Israel, the Palestinians, and Hamas
My encounter with a pro-Palestinian protestor by Guy Rodgers Executive Director
On September 11th I was one of the speakers at a news conference and rally in Tampa, Florida.
About 30 protestors showed up-a microcosm of the arrogance, ignorance, and anger so prevalent among rabid apologists for radical Islam.
One of the young protestors was telling anyone who would listen that Israel was an illegetimate terrorist state and an occupier that was oppressing the Palestinians.
I decided to wade in.
As several people looked on, I asked him, "Are you aware that in 1947 the United Nations passed a resolution that created the state of Israel?"
To his credit, he calmed down and answered, "no, I wasn't."
I then asked him, "Are you aware that this same resolution, also called the 'Partition Resolution,' created a state for the Arab Palestinians?"
Again he answered, "no, I wasn't."
I then asked, "Are you aware that the Arab nations in the region rejected the Partition Resolution, which included a state for the Palestinians, and went to war against Israel in 1948?"
Once again, not surprisingly at this point, he answered, "no."
I then concluded, "If the Arab nations had accepted the Partition Resolution there would today be a separate state for the Palestinians. Israel is not to blame for this failure and the ongoing propaganda effort aimed at Israel is based either in ignorance or willful deception. You would do well to study the history before throwing yourself into the pro-Palestinian cause."
We discovered this same ignorance or whitewash of history during our review of 38 public school textbooks that culminated in the ACT! for America Education report titled
The textbooks routinely omitted key, significant historical facts about the creation of Israel-facts without which it's impossible to understand the nature of the conflict today.
Hamas and the Palestinian Authority refuse to officially recognize Israel's right to exist. Hamas publicly calls for the destruction of Israel. How can a peace treaty ever be negotiated and honored in good faith by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority so long as they hold to these positions?
Israel is America's one true, democratic ally in the Middle East. What's more, it's on the front line, the "canary in the coal mine," in the global struggle to repel the threat of radical Islam.
This is why ACT! for America will continue to stand with and support Israel in its legal and rightful struggle to survive-including defending itself against Hamas and the rockets it has rained down on innocent Israeli civilians.
- This is why we actively expose the Saudi money machine that has turned many of our colleges and universities into beachheads for rabid pro-Palestinian activism and militant Muslim Students Association chapters.
- This is why one of our objectives is revisions to public school textbooks so that students will read the true, factual 20th century history of the Middle East and Israel.
- And this is why we support whatever effort is necessary to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. A nuclear-armed Iran, with its support of Hamas and its proxy army Hezbollah, is categorically unacceptable to Israel, unacceptable for future stability in the Middle East, unacceptable with respect to America's national security, and unacceptable for world peace.
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Federal Lawsuit Exposes Massive CAIR Fraud and Cover-up Nov 29, 2012 12:52 pm
America Has No Foreign Policy Nov 29, 2012 11:46 am
Troubles Ahead, Troubles Behind on ObamaCare Nov 29, 2012 11:31 am
Mimicking Breivik in Poland Nov 29, 2012 11:24 am
They Are Terrorists Nov 29, 2012 10:00 am
Islamists Exploiting the Interfaith Racket Nov 28, 2012 11:34 am
An Urgently Needed Amendment to Any DREAM Act Nov 28, 2012 11:22 am
Don't blame Romney. Blame the New York Times Nov 28, 2012 10:00 am
With Democracy For All and Freedom for None Nov 28, 2012 09:55 am
Morsi's Dictatorship and the Gaza Ceasefire Nov 28, 2012 09:33 am
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by ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
Rice cannot possibly have a good explanation for the preposterous story she was dispatched by the president to tell the country on the Sunday shows after the Benghazi atrocity in which Islamist terrorists killed four Americans.
by TOM MCLAUGHLIN
We learned that the Obama campaign wrote off white, working men because they could never be persuaded to vote for Obama - unless they belonged to unions, because those guys were already in the sack for him.
by DANIEL PIPES
To any sentient person, it is obvious that Israelis are 100-percent justified to protect themselves from wanton attacks.
by MICHELLE MALKIN
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House released a big fat policy turkey: its final critical habitat rule for the endangered northern spotted owl.
As The Telegraph's Robert Winnett reported earlier today, "almost two-thirds of the country's million-pound earners disappeared from Britain after the introduction of the 50p top rate of tax."
by FRANK HILL
'Don't tax you. Don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind that tree!'
by JIM KOURI, CPP
Norway's police collaboration with the Nazi occupiers in the dark early morning 70 years ago was seen by many Norwegians as a "national shame."
by ALAN CARUBA
"The drilling process that has brought the U.S. energy independence within reach faces renewed scrutiny from the Obama administration and an uncertain future in many states."
by DANIEL GREENFIELD
Israel is being hanged on a public gallows erected on the grounds of the United Nations with yards of rope gleefully supplied by the Muslim world.
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Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog
The United States of America has a State Department, it has row after row of people who speak badly every language from Arabic to Swahili badly, and it has rich donors who take on the task of acting as ambassadors to some foreign country every four to eight years. There are think-tanks, actual tanks and institutes dedicated to turning out papers on foreign policy. And despite all this, or perhaps because of all this, the country still has no foreign policy.  Americans are by nature isolationist. American leaders, since Woodrow Wilson dumped ashes from his pipe on the Oval Office carpets and dumped America into the international game of empires, are bent on getting involved in world politics. Unfortunately everything they know about world politics comes from the back of cereal boxes. And yes that includes our current precious genius who comes to us from eating dog and living the life of a privileged member of Indonesia's upper classes, but knows almost as little about the world outside Chicago, as he does about economics. The big problem with American foreign policy is that there isn't one. Our current foreign policy can be boiled down to three words. "Don't Hate Us." The current administration has introduced an innovative fourth word. "Please." It's a long way from a century ago when American leaders still had no foreign policy, besides warning European countries to stay out of their hemisphere, but had begun to think that being involved in the affairs of other countries was a prerequisite for global good citizenship.
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Feder's Rules For Conservatives (Part I)
GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary
By Don Feder
11/29/2012
Some on the right are now recommending Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" as a handbook for us. The recommendation usually begins with, "I know Alinsky was thoroughly evil... but there's a lot we can learn from him."
Obama is reelected with 9 million fewer votes than in 2008, against a pathetically weak opponent (whose most memorable line from the debates was "I agree with the president on that"), and suddenly the Marxist Machiavelli is the political equivalent of Sun Tzu. Here's a guide for conservative victories based on conservative values:
1. Understand that the left intends to destroy you. Your opponent isn't a nice guy or a misguided idealist. He's a dogmatist cut from the same cloth as Robespierre and Lenin - a storm trooper waiting to be fitted with jack boots and issued a truncheon. Look at the way the left runs academia, where it's achieved near total dominance: brainwashing, rigid censorship and draconian punishment for thought crimes. This is what it's planning for the rest of America. It lies, loots and manipulates. It is driven by envy, bitterness, disdain and a relentless power-lust. It ruins careers to make a political point. It would suppress conservative talk radio and send men to prison for the exercise of First Amendment freedom. Last April, when I heard Romney say, "The president is a nice guy, but we can't afford him for four more years," My first thought was, "Mitt's a nice guy, but how in the hell did we end up with him as the alternative to Obama?" We consistently underestimate the opposition by assuming it's well-intentioned and plays by the same rules we do. It isn't and it doesn't.
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Obama's college age children see their bubble burst quicker than anyone could have thought
Nov 29, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins
By Derrick Hollenbeck, staff writer
Well THAT didn't take long. The confetti thrown on college campuses has barely been swept up after Barack Obama's reelection and reality has smacked more of his children in the face. This is happened faster than any of these fools could have imagined. You will recall that Obama's union children at Hostess found out what real life is about last week. This week his college student children got their dose of cold truth.
The stroke across the student loan crowd's face is the news that in the 3rd quarter the number of student loans in default has skyrocketed.
Student loans that are now delinquent by at least 90+ days and 30+ days have risen dramatically.
The amount of outstanding student loan debt has reached $956 billion having climbed $42 billion in just the last quarter alone. Obviously the effects of a 53% underemployed/ unemployed rate among those graduating from college last ... Continue Reading:Obama's college age children see their bubble burst quicker than anyone could have thought
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Democrats don't care about America surviving as long as they stay in power over what's left
Nov 29, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins
By Kevin "Coach" Collins
Building on the results of the election, Democrats are taking a harder line on the so-called "Fiscal Cliff." They are making it clear that they consider the GOP's control of the House to be a mere speed bump on the road to America's destruction; which appears to be their ultimate goal.
Because they are economically illiterates at best and foaming at the mouth America haters at worst, Congressional Democrats want to see our military suffer the large and serious cuts that are on the way rather than cut their vote buying schemes.
Pete DeFazio of Oregon is a leading voice in the Democrats' bloodlust over how we should handle the Fiscal Cliff. He recently remarked "If the Republicans can't see their way to significant additional revenues targeted toward the people who are best off and targeted toward passive income and other things like that, then we're better off going over the ... Continue Reading:Democrats don't care about America surviving as long as they stay in power over what's left
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WASHINGTON -- What is a Republican elected official? A Republican elected official is one who says, "I won't raise my constituents' taxes." Asked to elaborate, the Republican elected official explains, "I will keep taxes down to allow the economy to grow and to throw off ever more tax revenue." The Republican believes that the way to pay for government is to let the economy roar... and to keep spending reasonable.
What is a Democratic elected official? Back in the early 1960s a Democratic elected official, at least when it came to growing the economy, was not much different from a Republican. President John F. Kennedy called for a tax cut to fire up the economy. Things are different now. A Democratic elected official today is a crafty pol whose economic theories are at best muzzy-headed...
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Today, for the first time, the United Nations will name Palestine a (non-member) "observer state" by first engaging in exactly the charge that they press against Israel: apartheid.
For kick-off day and the vote at the General Assembly, which is supposed to be all about mutual respect and coexistence, "Palestine" has teamed up with the "UN Division for Palestinian Rights" and UN officials to pack the Assembly hall with Palestine supporters while denying access to a prominent Jewish organization.
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The social issues, whatever your position, are best dealt with outside the governmental realm. I realize this is an unattainable goal and that government will always intrude in our private lives to some degree, but we must fight against it as much as possible for several reasons.
A policy analyst at a leftist think tank seriously proposed that all retailers voluntarily raise their employees' minimum wage to $12.01 per hour, or $25,000 per year for those who work a forty-hour week year-round. And this is going to stimulate job growth? No it won't. Here are just a few of the more obvious effects, depending on whose ox gets gored. | | | | TOP STORIES ON PJ MEDIA | |
It has been only weeks since the election. What Republicans and conservatives need to do is to shake off the false guilt and false reality that they have been imprisoned by. They need to begin educating now about a proud history of opportunity, freedom, and respect for the law, tradition, and culture. That transcends all demographic categories.
In recent weeks Brazil has been making international headlines for all the wrong reasons. Gang violence, corruption, and blackouts have created a PR nightmare. (You can read this article in Spanish here.) | | | | MORE FROM PJ MEDIA | |
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On Wednesday, after much controversy surrounding Beck�s creation of an Obama bobble head doll submerged in a mason jar of yellow liquid (which was actually water with food coloring), Glenn sat down with the artist who inspired it all with his controversial painting titled �Truth.� Meet Michael D�Antuono and watch a pretty amazing debate about decoding "art" HERE.
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On Wednesday, O�Reilly invited American Atheist's President David Silverman onto his program to debate the issue of the "war on Christmas." The conversation started pleasantly enough, but quickly devolved into a contentious war of words. Watch the battle unfold HERE.
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Using a half-naked woman in an ad to grab people�s attention is not a new sales tactic. But a father took it to another level when he enlisted his barely dressed 20-year-old daughter to pose provocatively with his 1977 Datsun so he could sell it on eBay. See the pictures that dad is still not apologizing for using HERE.
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In a segment on Fox News last night, outspoken conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer put the terms of debate in Washington in stark, unequivocal terms. Watch Krauthammer call anyone who caves to the President a "fool" HERE.
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"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving ... we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it ... but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Illegitimately In Office Again
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FBI To Impound 'Pro-Obama' Voting Machines
Western Journalism/America's Conservative News
A movement is afoot to impound the thousands of voting machines that "malfunctioned", switching a Romney vote to one for Obama. Some local officials have put the suspected voting machines in "quarantine" before they can be erased of information to determine if, in fact, the Obama campaign hacked into the machines.
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Will The Anti-Christ Be Muslim?
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There is a growing and erroneous belief these days that the Anti-Christ will be a Muslim. How does one go about providing a valid counter argument to this growing belief while examining the pivotal role that Islam will play as a driving force in the end times? A newly released 5-Volume Special Report, The Final Crusade, examines the history of Islam and authoritatively answers this nagging question.
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A Few Traditional Winners Are Relieved
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DC Takes Top Honors--For Worst Graduation Rate In U.S.
By Pete Winn
CNSNews.com
Washington, D.C., had the worst high school graduation rate in the country in 2011, according to state-by-state statistics released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Praises Blacks, Hispanics, Women For Working Together To Defeat 'White People'
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Communist Party USA Celebrates Obama Win
By Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily
"An enormous people's victory."
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The Republicans Either Don't "Get It," Or They Are Paralyzed By Political Correctness
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The Issues Being Publicized In Benghazigate Completely Miss The Point
By Col. Tom Snodgrass (Ret.)
Right Side News
Obama's ineffective, Arab Spring-Middle East policy, as well as the catastrophic mistakes before, during, and after the Islamic terror attack by 'Team Obama' are very important in that they indisputably demonstrate the utter governing incompetence of this regime; however, the over-arching issue is 'why' Obama and his minions manufactured the fiction blaming the anti-Muhammad video as the cause of the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and the other three U.S. government employees? Neither the Republicans nor the media correctly perceive the critical answer to that definitive question.
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Video: Terrorist Apologist Appointed Number 3 At DOJ
Nov 29, 2012 01:53 pm
Wonder why the Obama administration announced yesterday that the Guantanamo Bay inmates will be coming to a town near you? Obama is "disgorging" mass murderers from Gitmo to be housed in jails right down the street from your house. Two words: Tony West. The same Tony West that provided free legal counsel to "American Taliban" [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Terrorist Apologist Appointed Number 3 At DOJ
John Boehner, Please RetireNov 29, 2012 01:31 pm
It's clear. There will be no stopping Obamacare. There will be no justice on Benghazi-gate. There will be no stopping Barack Obama's unconstitutional usurpations and abuses of power as long as John Boehner holds the reins of power as the Republican Speaker of the House. It's time for John Boehner to retire. He should let [...] Read More and Comment: John Boehner, Please Retire
Video: Congress Can Still Defund ObamaCare!Nov 29, 2012 01:22 pm
Believe it or not, this can be done! Here is the link I refer to in the video: http://www.westernjournalism.com/john-boehner-please-retire/ Related posts: Cowardly House Republicans Refuse To Defund ObamaCare Determined as always to travel the safest, least contentious path... Boehner Grandstanding Over Repealing Obamacare? I don't trust Boehner or the GOP, personally. I believe... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Congress Can Still Defund ObamaCare!
Democrats Don't Care About America Surviving (as Long As They Stay In Power Over What's Left)Nov 29, 2012 12:54 pm
Building on the results of the election, Democrats are taking a harder line on the so-called "Fiscal Cliff." They are making it clear that they consider the GOP's control of the House to be a mere speed bump on the road to America's destruction, which appears to be their ultimate goal. Because they are economically [...] Read More and Comment: Democrats Don't Care About America Surviving (as Long As They Stay In Power Over What's Left)
Video: Libtalker Mike Malloy Calls For Beheading Of Conservative 'Tea Baggers'Nov 29, 2012 12:49 pm
So much for the left and tolerance, huh?!?! Related posts: Mike Barnicle Claims Conservative Talk Radio To Blame For Liberal Media Bias By Mark Finkelstein, Finkel Blog Rush made them do it!... Libtalker: Our Violent Threats Are Just A Joke, Don't You Get It? The left is so full of hypocrisy, it can make... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Libtalker Mike Malloy Calls For Beheading Of Conservative 'Tea Baggers'
Video: Virginia's AG Cuccinelli Urged To Investigate 2012 Voter FraudNov 29, 2012 12:35 pm
On radio station WMAL, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is grilled about vote fraud. Will he help us? Related posts: Poll Watcher: Massive Voter Fraud In VA Radio station WMAL listener Dara Fox talks about witnessing voter... Virginia's State Board Of Elections Secretary Informed Of Massive 2012 Voter Fraud Here is a radio interview with [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Virginia's AG Cuccinelli Urged To Investigate 2012 Voter Fraud
Video: Carney: Obama 'Not Particularly Concerned' That Rice LiedNov 29, 2012 12:26 pm
Makes perfect sense, if you ask me... Related posts: Carney Cornered On Obama's Changing Tax Cut Stance Once again, Jay Carney fails to prove that he is... Obama Mouthpiece Carney Compared To 'Baghdad Bob' Check out the latest Concerned Veterans for America web video.... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Carney: Obama 'Not Particularly Concerned' That Rice Lied
Will We Ever See Another Conservative President?Nov 29, 2012 12:15 pm
After the shellacking taken in this year's presidential election, will we ever see another conservative president? In the past, I have opined with great optimism in this space about the strength of the "farm team" of courageous conservative leaders - men like Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Paul Ryan, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Bob McDonnell, Scott [...] Read More and Comment: Will We Ever See Another Conservative President?
Video: Romney Defeated Obama - If Not For Voter FraudNov 29, 2012 12:09 pm
Great video from the Jewish Task Force... Related posts: Obama, Holder Push For Massive Voter Fraud Chaim Ben Pesach of the Jewish Task Force points out... James O'Keefe Exposes DNC's Voter Fraud Agenda Another great video from James O'Keefe. Undercover reporters ask OFA... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Romney Defeated Obama - If Not For Voter Fraud
Obama's College-age Children See Their Bubble Burst Quicker Than Anyone Could Have ThoughtNov 29, 2012 12:01 pm
Well THAT didn't take long. The confetti thrown on college campuses has barely been swept up after Barack Obama's reelection, and reality has smacked more of his children in the face. This is happened faster than any of these fools could have imagined. You will recall that Obama's union children at Hostess found out what real [...] Read More and Comment: Obama's College-age Children See Their Bubble Burst Quicker Than Anyone Could Have Thought
Video: Update On 'Fast And Furious' ProbeNov 29, 2012 11:57 am
Fox News provides this update... Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Related posts: Wiretaps A Smoking Gun In Fast & Furious? Congressman Darrell Issa appeared on Fox News the other day... New Hearing Set On Fast And Furious Scandal A new hearing for the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal... Read More and Comment: Video: Update On 'Fast And Furious' Probe
Republican SuckersNov 29, 2012 11:53 am
Republicans had better learn from history - and from Ronald Reagan's mistake. President Obama and his fellow big-spenders in Congress are promising that if they get higher tax rates today, they'll make even higher spending cuts tomorrow. It's an old sucker's game. Republicans - and the rest of the country - should know it by [...] Read More and Comment: Republican Suckers
Video: Senator: Benghazi Will Be 'Biggest Cover-Up In History'Nov 29, 2012 11:46 am
Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.): "This is going to go down as the biggest cover-up in history, They all knew it, they were all hoping it'd go away." Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Related posts: Sununu: Obama Administration Guilty Of Lying, Incompetence AND A Cover-up In 'Benghazi-gate' Romney surrogate John Sununu blasts Obama and [...] Read More and Comment: Video: Senator: Benghazi Will Be 'Biggest Cover-Up In History'
The Incestuous Bleeding Of The GOPNov 29, 2012 11:43 am
If money is the root of all evil, for the Republican Party evil is located on the fifth floor of 66 Canal Center Plaza, Alexandria, VA 22314. Strip away the candidate and coalition and it is on the fifth floor of 66 Canal Center Plaza where the seeds of Mitt Romney's ruin and the RNC's [...] Read More and Comment: The Incestuous Bleeding Of The GOP
Please Help Hurricane Sandy Victims In Staten IslandNov 29, 2012 11:39 am
Hurricane Sandy victims in Staten Island are suffering far more than is being reported. Won't you please help? We need help feeding our neighbors whose lives have been destroyed. We need your prayers as well. The Red Cross and FEMA are doing very good work, but even they are falling behind. I am a volunteer [...] Read More and Comment: Please Help Hurricane Sandy Victims In Staten Island
Video: Virginia's State Board Of Elections Secretary Informed Of Massive 2012 Voter FraudNov 29, 2012 11:38 am
Here is a radio interview with Donald Palmer, Secretary of the Virginia State Board of Elections. Related posts: Poll Watcher: Massive Voter Fraud In VA Radio station WMAL listener Dara Fox talks about witnessing voter... Interview: Massive Voting Fraud Election 2012 Bev Harris talks about the Massive black box voting fraud... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Virginia's State Board Of Elections Secretary Informed Of Massive 2012 Voter Fraud
Go Over The CliffNov 29, 2012 11:29 am
If Speaker of the House John Boehner is concerned about the fiscal cliff, then he is concerned about something the government has already accepted. That compromise was made in 2011. That fight does not have to be fought again. The Republicans will face the prospect of a recession in 2013, but it will be a [...] Read More and Comment: Go Over The Cliff
Video: Malkin: Egyptian Islamists Are Playing America's Leaders For FoolsNov 29, 2012 11:23 am
Michelle Malkin on Sean Hannity's show last night... Related posts: Malkin: Impeach Obama For Benghazi 'Jihadi-Coddling' Michelle Malkin sounds off on Obama's disgraceful conduct on Sean... Michelle Malkin Exposes Obama's Real War On Women Michelle Malkin helps Sean Hannity fact-check the recent debate.... Continue... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Malkin: Egyptian Islamists Are Playing America's Leaders For Fools
Students Told To Disavow "American-ness, Maleness, Whiteness, Heterosexuality"Nov 29, 2012 11:13 am
A political science professor at Butler University asks students to disregard their "American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality, middle-class status" when writing and speaking in the classroom - a practice the school's arts and sciences dean defended as a way to negate students' inherent prejudices. The syllabus of the course at Butler, a small Midwestern liberal arts [...] Read More and Comment: Students Told To Disavow "American-ness, Maleness, Whiteness, Heterosexuality"
Video: Where Is The Church - In America - Of The Living God?Nov 29, 2012 11:08 am
David Wilkerson's soul-stirring sermon on the necessity of anguish - to bear God's heart, passion, and burden within our lives. Related posts: How Do We Save The Church In America? John the Revelator warned the church at Laodicea, "You say,... The Threat A "Living Constitution" Poses To America How can we have rule of law [...] Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Where Is The Church - In America - Of The Living God?
The 'Untold' False History That The Left Tells All The TimeNov 29, 2012 10:41 am
Oliver Stone's "The Untold History of the United States" is one of those untold histories that are told over and over again by the left. But no matter how often the left retells the same stories, it makes sure to add an "untold" in there, not because their revisionism of history was previously untold, but [...] Read More and Comment: The 'Untold' False History That The Left Tells All The Time
Video: Advice For A Few Misguided GOP SenatorsNov 29, 2012 10:40 am
A couple of Senators have forgotten our founding principles. Let's make this easy for them. Related posts: Senators Still 'Significantly Troubled' By Rice's Statements Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are rightfully concerned about... Republican Senators Press President On War Powers Deadline As the U.S. military campaign in Libya approaches the 60-day... Watch the Video and Comment: Video: Advice For A Few Misguided GOP Senators
Boehner Prepares To Capitulate To Obama On TaxesNov 29, 2012 10:25 am
Listen to top Democrats and Republicans talk on camera, and it sounds like they could not be further apart on a year-end tax-and-spending deal - a down payment on a $4 trillion grand bargain. But behind the scenes, top officials who have been involved in the talks for many months say the contours of a [...] Read More and Comment: Boehner Prepares To Capitulate To Obama On Taxes
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Wednesday Chronicle
The Truth About Pledges
November 28, 2012
The Foundation
"An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation." --John Marshall
Editorial Exegesis
 Why is the answer so hard?"One of the more amazing post-election spectacles is the media celebration of Republicans who say they're willing to repudiate their pledge against raising taxes. So the same folks who like to denounce politicians because they can't be trusted are now praising politicians who openly admit they can't be trusted. The spectacle is part of what is becoming a tripartisan ... attempt to stigmatize Grover Norquist as the source of all Beltway fiscal woes and gridlock. Mr. Norquist, who runs an outfit called Americans for Tax Reform, is the fellow who came up with the no-new-taxes pledge some 20 years ago. He tries to get politicians to sign it, and hundreds of Republicans have done so. He does not hold a gun to their heads. Grover's ... apparent crime against Washington is that he now actually wants to hold politicians to what they willingly signed. If enough Republicans will disavow their tax pledge, then the capital crowd can go about agreeing to a grand fiscal bargain that raises taxes, pretends to cut spending and avoids the January 1 fiscal crack-up that the politicians have set us up for. Voters are supposed to believe that only Grover stands in the way of this happy ever-after. ... The truth is that Mr. Norquist doesn't have such power. The voters do. Mr. Norquist merely had the wit to channel the electorate's limited government beliefs into a single-issue enforcement mechanism. ... The real problems are a political class that won't control its spending and economic policies that are retarding growth. That's where the GOP should keep its public focus. Mr. Norquist's tax pledge has been one of the few restraints over the years against those bad Beltway appetites. Democrats demonize Grover because they know this. They want to pit Mr. Norquist against other Republicans precisely so they can dispirit the tea party grass-roots and take away the tax issue as a GOP advantage. Republican voters know that elections have consequences and that Mitt Romney's defeat means there will be policy defeats too. But they will give the House and Senate GOP credit if it fights for its principles and drives a hard bargain." --The Wall Street Journal
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November 29, 2012
STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT - It's barely been a week since our son Ellery got married and our family was again barred from attending a wedding of one of our children. Does that statement -- a statement that's entirely true -- sound like something rational people would accept?... (more)
November 29, 2012 ALAN KEYES - The Socrates of Plato's Republic is famous for saying that there can be no cessation of ills in human societies until and unless philosophers rule. These days the advocates of Godless, elitist technocracy delude themselves with the thought that what they seek somehow aims to achieve that end. But they utterly ignore what Socrates says about the kind of people these philosophers must be to pursue the vocation of political power... (more)
November 29, 2012 WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Capturing the "see no (or little) evil" mentality that plagued a war-weary America in 1949 requires no small amount of research. That was post-war America. Both peace and prosperity had returned for the first time since the 1929 market crash... (more)
November 29, 2012 CLIFF KINCAID - Conservative columnist and author Ann Coulter is trying to rationalize her outspoken support for Mitt Romney in the wake of his stunning defeat. "Romney was not the problem" is the title over her latest column. "Don't Blame Romney" was the title over her column immediately after his defeat... (more)
November 29, 2012 ALAN KEYES - Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat? (Amos 8:4-6)... (more)
November 29, 2012 FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST - The issue of patriotism has become unusually contentious in American politics. To gain perspective of our present partisan quarrels over patriotism, an examination of patriotism in history is helpful... (more)
November 29, 2012 MICHAEL REAGAN - Republicans had better learn from history -- and from Ronald Reagan's mistake. President Obama and his fellow big-spenders in Congress are promising if they get higher tax rates today they'll make even higher spending cuts tomorrow. It's an old sucker's game... (more)
November 28, 2012 ANDREW NAPOLITANO - When President Obama won re-election last month by a larger margin than even his most fervent supporters had expected, though with fewer popular votes than he received in 2008, most commentators initially opined that not much had changed in Washington. The president would remain in the White House for another four years, the Democrats would keep control of the Senate, and the House would stay in Republican hands... (more)
November 28, 2012 WORLDNETDAILY - A federal appeals court has agreed with three U.S. district judges and blocked the enforcement of the Obamacare "mandate" that would have forced a Missouri company to pay for health insurance including abortifacients in violation of the religious beliefs of the owners... (more)
November 28, 2012 REUTERS - Susan Rice's attempts to ease the concerns of her Republican critics seemed to have little effect on Wednesday, as more U.S. senators - including a moderate one-time supporter - raised new questions about her despite two days of meetings at the Capitol... (more)
November 28, 2012 ASSOCIATED PRESS - An Egyptian court convicted in absentia Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world... (more)
November 28, 2012 WORLDNETDAILY - A federal judge has ruled that Christian evangelists who were arrested at a Dearborn, Mich., festival sponsored by the Arab Chamber of Commerce can sue the business organization... (more)
November 28, 2012 LONDON DAILY MAIL - Meet Robocod, the latest weapon in Homeland Security's increasingly high-tech underwater arsenal, a robotic fish designed to safeguard the coastline of America and bring justice to the deep. Well almost. The new robot, named BioSwimmer, is actually based not on a cod but a tuna which is said to have the ideal natural shape for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)... (more)
November 28, 2012 NEWSMAX - Renowned conservative commentator Erick Erickson says he may mount a primary challenge against Georgia GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss in 2014... (more)
November 28, 2012 WASHINGTON EXAMINER - President Obama's national health care law will be back at the U.S. Supreme Court by next fall, according to a lawyer for Liberty University, which is challenging the constitutionality of the law on different grounds from the recent major health care suit... (more)
November 28, 2012 WORLDNETDAILY - Former Sen. Rick Santorum, a former GOP presidential candidate and the father of a handicapped child, joined Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in denouncing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, saying it would open a "Pandora's box" of legal interpretations resulting in a "direct assault on us and our families."... (more)
November 28, 2012 CLARK WHELTON - Governor Chris Christie's de facto endorsement of President Obama on the beach at Brigantine, New Jersey, is one of the most bizarre events in the history of American politics. On October 31st, in the closing days of the presidential election, the keynote speaker at the Republican convention began singing the praises of Barack Obama... (more)
November 26, 2012 WES VERNON, RA ANALYST - Taken page by page, this book is a fun read. Taken as a whole, it remains entertaining but acquires a deeper meaning. One must add up all "50 Things Liberals Love to Hate" to appreciate fully the huge canyons that have divided us into two nations in terms of worldview... (more)
November 26, 2012 ALAN KEYES - These days, managing constant change is a challenge that faces anyone whose life and livelihood involve the use of intelligent electronic devices. The conflicting headlines from two stories I read this week exemplify the situation. One reported: "Designer guru Nielsen: Windows 8 UI 'smothers usability.'"... (more)
November 26, 2012 DAILY CALLER - White House officials remained silent during the extended Thanksgiving weekend, as Egypt's pro-democracy groups called on President Barack Obama to condemn Thursday's power grab by their country's Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi... (more)
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
To: Friends & Supporters
From: Gary L. Bauer
Let The Sunshine In
White House and congressional leaders met behind closed doors today to discuss the solution to the tax/budget impasse. House Speaker John Boehner came out of the secret session and expressed frustration with the lack of progress. He is not the only seething Republican.
This morning on CNBC, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) said it was increasingly obvious that President Obama is not seriously negotiating. Obama has not put one specific cut on the table -- all of his proposals involve tax hikes.
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) went to the floor of the Senate and accused Obama of intending to do nothing to fix the debt problem and of actually planning to spend any new revenue he takes out of taxpayers' hides.
The bottom line is that the fiscal cliff is being manipulated by Obama into a potential suicide jump by Republicans. Obama is essentially saying, "Vote to raise taxes with no real spending cuts or my allies and I will crucify you for wrecking the economy so you can protect your millionaire and billionaire buddies."
I don't have a solution, but here are some first steps. Senator Sessions suggested that the closed door negotiations be opened up. He is right!
Republicans should demand it. Tell the public that when the doors shut in Washington, bad things happen to the average guy. Insist the negotiations be televised. If Obama refuses, hit him every day for his secret plans to destroy America's most productive, job-creating citizens.
Second, the GOP should stop insisting that the mortgage and charitable deductions be ended for the well-off or anyone else. Ending the charitable deduction will shrink the funds raised by non-profit charities and church ministries that help the poor and homeless. As a result the demand for more government programs will rise.
Ending the mortgage deduction, even for just the well-off, will have a domino effect, lowering the value of everyone's home -- the last thing the tentative housing recovery needs right now.
Third, go to some of Karl Rove's major donors and urgently request funds to buy nationwide TV time. Select some of our best spokesmen -- Governor-elect Mike Pence, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Jim DeMint -- and let them make the case for why the country is in the middle of a spending crisis, not an under-taxation crisis.
Fourth, announce legislation in the House and the Senate that ties congressional and presidential salaries to progress on spending. If the deficit rises more than inflation in a given year, salaries get slashed. It is called "pay for performance." We are for it when it comes to teachers, so let's be for it when it comes to our elected federal officials!
We might still lose the showdown, but can't we at least try to land a few punches?
Lastly, put a package of spending cuts on the table. Don't lead with Social Security and Medicare -- the public has been frightened by Obama's lies about what those cuts would be. Start with the following:
- Cut to zero any foreign aid for countries that regularly vote against us at the U.N.
- Freeze federal hiring and federal salaries. I know that will seem unfair for good folks working in government, but salary freezes have been common in the last five years in the private sector.
- Propose an end to all subsidies for failed solar projects, windmills and other boondoggles. Of course, the Democrats in the Senate and Obama won't allow any of these cuts to be made. So what? We will educate the public, and the American people will know where each side stands.
Rice Fails With Leading Moderate
Just one day after a disastrous meeting with her most outspoken Senate critics, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice met with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), one of the most moderate, centrist members of the Senate. Whatever hopes Democrats may have had for Rice going into the meeting, they were dashed as soon as it ended.
After a 90-minute meeting, Senator Collins emerged to say she was troubled by the "political role" Rice played with her false explanation of the Benghazi terrorist attacks. Collins added that she could not yet support Rice as Hillary Clinton's potential successor for Secretary of State.
As Politico put it, "It's not clear what Rice said behind closed doors to anger all these senators, but it's obvious the meetings went badly and this was hardly a nominee-in-waiting charm offensive."
But we do know one thing that is bothering Senator Collins. After the meeting she told reporters, "What troubles me so much is the Benghazi attack in many ways echoes the attacks on [the Kenyan and Tanzanian] embassies in 1998 when Susan Rice was head of the African region for our State Department." Collins continued, "In both cases, the ambassador begged for additional security."
Democrats Still Trying To Close GITMO
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has commissioned a report to determine whether the terrorist held at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be relocated to U.S. prisons. The Government Accountability Office study concludes it would be possible.
CNN reports that the GAO identified "six Defense Department facilities within the U.S. and more than 2,000 facilities holding individuals convicted of federal crimes that could hold Gitmo detainees."
The feasibility of doing so was never the issue. The main concern was always the logic of doing so -- the additional security risks posed to the communities housing these jihadists, and whether foreign terrorist thugs would be afforded the rights of U.S. citizens and tried in our civilian courts.
While liberal politicians are often unfazed by logic, the American people get it. A February ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 70% of Americans favor keeping Guantanamo Bay open.
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Legal victory against Obamacare 'mandate'
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A federal appeals has weighed in on the Obamacare mandate that forces employers to provide health-care plans that include coverage for contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.
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Pedophiles have a friend in Congress
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A California congresswoman's proposed resolution will be welcome news to pedophiles irritated with people trying to get them to change their behavior toward children.
She could have written her bill to exclude pedophiles, but she didn't. Why?
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Hack attack: Now your pacemaker is vulnerable
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Call it death by wifi ...
The pacemaker or implanted insulin pump keeping you alive hacked by some kid with a laptop ... just because he can.
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'Proof' Warren Buffett is lying about taxes
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You've probably heard how billionaire investor Warren Buffett urges his fellow wealthy Americans to pay more in taxes. But a look back into Buffett's own words in his biography suggests quite a different attitude.
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It's not just Democrats celebrating the re-election of Barack Obama. The Communist Party USA is cheering as well. Who'da thunk?
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How Secret Negotiations Play Into the Democrats' Hands
Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:31 PM PST
(John Hinderaker)
So now John Boehner is angry that the White House leaked a one-sided version of his latest conversation with President Obama to the press:
Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Republican leaders are fuming after a late night phone call with President Barack Obama was leaked to the press, despite an agreement that it would not be, according to several GOP aides.
As if this should come as a surprise! It sounds as though Boehner and his aides are starting to get a clue:
Republicans believe the president is more interested in raking them over the coals publicly than striking a deal privately.
Really! They've figured that out, have they? I guess they noticed that the Democrats never put forth any sort of plan to deal with the nation's collapsing finances, but instead demagogue the issue by pretending that the only thing going on is that Republicans are trying to protect rich people. In case they missed it, Jay Carney kicked them again today:
Carney disputed the notion that progress has not been made, but said GOP leaders must agree to raise tax rates on wealthy, not just other revenues.
The slow-learner Republicans say they are catching on to Obama's intentions:
[Boehner] said Geithner offered no specifics about spending and entitlement cuts, which leads him to believe the administration is not serious about reaching a balanced deal to allay the pending $500 billion in spending cuts and tax increases set to kick in next year.
Of course the Democrats aren't serious about "reaching a balanced deal." Of course they don't have any intention of cutting either discretionary spending or entitlements. Is John Boehner really the last person in the world to figure this out? Nevertheless, despite the blindingly obvious fact that the Democrats are incapable of acting in good faith, Boehner says "he remains hopeful that a deal can be reached in the coming weeks."
Naturally a deal will be reached. That's what always happens. It will be a lousy deal for conservatives, too. The Democrats will skate, as usual, and will not pay a price for the fact that they are completely unserious and have no clue as to how the U.S. can have a sustainable fiscal future. This is what happens when the Republicans let the Democrats off the hook by negotiating a back-room deal that is then jointly presented by leaders of both parties. What the Republicans should do is agree to a brief bridge deal that will preserve the status quo for, say, 120 days. There then should follow an open, public, budgetary process in which the two parties present their rival fiscal plans. That should be easy, right? The Republicans control the House, so they, after appropriate debate and amendments, can vote to adopt a plan to avoid the proverbial cliff. In fact, they did so last summer. How many people know that? Approximately zero.
Meanwhile, the Democrats control the Senate, so they can do the same thing. Harry Reid can introduce a fiscal plan-maybe even a budget! Maybe even Obama's budget!-and it can be debated. Amendments can be offered and voted upon. A roll call can be taken at the end. A conference committee can reconcile the House and Senate bills, and then all members of both houses can vote on the resulting compromise package. A rational process, conducted in the light of day, will allow voters to see what measures each party, and each member of the House and the Senate, favors. Given that the Senate hasn't adopted a budget in more than three years, I suspect a lot of Americans will be surprised at what comes out of that body.
But none of that will happen as long as John Boehner is willing to continue kicking the football, and as long as his caucus supports him in the effort.
UPDATE: A Republican on the Senate Budget Committee writes:
This is what happens when we keep doing these negotiations in secret. No way to verify whether this is true:
The proposal, offered by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as he made a round of meetings with congressional leaders in the Capitol Thursday, calls for increasing tax rates on incomes over $250,000, a one-year postponement of looming spending cuts in defense and domestic programs, and some $400 billion in savings over 10 years from Medicare and other entitlement programs.
I'd also note there is no mention of spending cuts the size of which would make the president's plan truly "balanced." Even the entitlements claim sounds eerily similar to the one the President proposed in his budget, which was shown (see health care section) by Budget Committee staff to be a giant gimmick as the "doc fix" wasn't even accounted for. (They couldn't account for it, because it wiped out the savings.) It's likely they're making the same proposal now. But the only way we can know and prove it is if they put it on paper and let CBO score it-which of course can't happen as long as the negotiations are secret.
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Secret Negotiations: A Path to Disaster
Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:23 AM PST
(John Hinderaker)
Reports from Washington indicate that John Boehner and Barack Obama are negotiating the nation's fiscal future under the cover of darkness. Boehner apparently reports to his House Republican caucus from time to time, and Mitch McConnell might have some idea what is going on, but no Republican other than Boehner seems to be playing a significant role. Washington Republicans who are most knowledgeable about the budget are apparently being shut out of the process altogether.
We have seen such secret negotiations before, and they have never ended happily. Indeed, it was precisely such a back-room deal that gave rise to the present fiscal crisis. It is entirely predictable that at the last possible moment, Obama and Boehner will announce a deal that will then be rushed to a vote before anyone has time to understand what is in it. Months later, it will be determined that the deal includes tax increases that will take place immediately, and spending "cuts" that will take place never. The nation will continue on the path to more and more spending, higher and higher deficits, unsustainable entitlements and ultimate insolvency.
Today Senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, rose to the Senate floor to denounce the back-room process that is now unfolding. Sessions is, apparently, one of many knowledgeable Republicans who are playing little or no role in the Boehner-Obama talks. Here are Sessions' remarks:
I rise today to express my reservations about the fiscal cliff negotiations that are currently underway.
Over the last two years, Congress and the President have held an endless series of secret negotiations. There have been gangs of six and eight, a supercommittee of 12, talks at the Blair House and the White House. But the only thing these secret talks have produced is a government that skips from one crisis to the next. Everything has been tried but the open production of a 10-year budget plan as required by law and open discussions of the difficult choices.
All of this secrecy allows the President to position himself as being in favor of a "balanced" plan while the only comprehensive proposal he put on paper, his FY 2013 budget, increases taxes to fuel a further increase in spending. In fact, despite a massive tax increase of $1.8 trillion, his budget also calls for $1.4 trillion in new spending. The result is $25.4 trillion in total debt at the end of 10 years-an unacceptable course.
Insofar as I can see, a tax-and-spend policy remains his goal today. The White House isn't planning to raise taxes to reduce the deficit, but to grow the government. I don't believe Congress will accept such a deal if that is what is being discussed.
President Obama campaigned on a tax increase of "only" $800 billion. But now the White House is demanding $1.6 trillion in new taxes. Don't the American people have a right to see these taxes and where they will fall? Shouldn't the President of the United States, the only person who represents everybody in the country, lay out his plan, or must that remain a secret too? Will it just be revealed to us on the eve of Christmas or eve of the new calendar year? We will be asked to vote for it, to ratify it like lemmings, I suppose.
The White House has repeatedly asserted that they believe in $2.50 in spending cuts for every $1 in taxes hikes. So if the White House now wants $1.6 trillion in new taxes, where is the $4 trillion spending cut?
In fact, the President is giving speeches calling for even more spending. On Tuesday, he gave a speech in which he said he wants to use the tax hikes to "invest in training, education, science, and research." Investment, of course, is just code for spending.
Not once in the speech did he discuss entitlements, our $16 trillion debt, or the economic catastrophe that could occur if we don't get off this unsustainable path.
The President will go out to the press and use all the buzz words-he says he's for a "balanced plan," and talks about a "responsible path to deficit reduction." But where are the cuts? What is the plan? It seems to me the President's plan is to talk in general, to meet in secret, and then, under threat of panic, to force through some deal that maintains the status quo: more taxes, more spending, more debt.
That's why the process needs to be taken out of the shadows. With public debate, people would learn facts that are now obscured.
People would discover that, according to CBO, mandatory spending-that's entitlement programs of all kinds-is going to increase nearly 90 percent over the next decade. We already spend $2.32 trillion on mandatory costs today, but will spend $4.12 trillion in the 10th year of the budget window. That's a huge increase.
People would also learn that welfare costs are now the single largest item in the budget-exceeding Medicare, Social Security, or defense. We spend enough on these poverty programs to send every household beneath the poverty line a check for $60,000. And the President's budget did not deal with that at all; in fact, welfare spending would increase another 30 percent over the next four years.
The Budget Control Act that was passed 15 months ago explicitly failed to address some of these programs. Is this going on again? Like the Budget Control Act talks, is welfare spending off limits, not to be discussed? Or will welfare reform be part of the framework?
I don't see how we can support a plan that doesn't at least begin to reform these programs and improve their operation.
Meanwhile, as the President demands more taxes, he refuses to do anything about government waste. Lavish conferences, duplicative programs, billions in refundable tax credits being mailed every year to illegal immigrants. No one is managing this government effectively. Why should the American people send one more dime in taxes to Washington when we won't reform and manage the money we are already getting from them?
So I am concerned about the nature of these secret talks and the fact that the Senate is really not participating. News reports say that it is only the Speaker and the President of the United States who are negotiating. Apparently the Majority Leader of the Senate is not intimately involved, the Chairman of the Budget Committee is not involved, the Chairman of the Finance Committee is not involved. These are Democratic leaders in the Senate. Certainly Republican leaders are not involved.
The Senate is a great institution, and we ought to be engaged. The engagement of the Senate would allow the American people to know what's happening. They are entitled to that. I believe we can do better. We must do better.
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Yes, They Are Too Socialists
Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:05 AM PST
(Steven Hayward)
Democrats and liberals always bristle when you throw the "S-word" (socialism) at them, but have a look at the table below from a new Gallup poll released today: more than half (53%) of Democrats or Democrat-leaners say they have a positive attitude toward socialism. But I think the more striking number here is the line just above it: 75 percent of Democrats have a positive image of the federal government as opposed to just 27 percent of Republicans. Democrats are the party of government indeed!
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Who won, Hamas or Israel?
Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:46 AM PST
(Paul Mirengoff)
I'm a fan of Lee Smith. However, I was not persuaded by his argument that Israel won and Hamas lost their latest confrontation.
Smith acknowledges that Hamas claims victory and that many Israelis concur with Hamas on this point. In fact, initial opinion polling showed a majority of Israelis dissatisfied with the outcome of the confrontation. But Smith contends that both sides have it wrong.
Hamas' proclamation of victory should carry no weight; Smith is right about that. But the fact is that Hamas' prestige has soared by virtue of having taken on Israel and "lived to tell about it." Consequently, Hamas has rendered its rival, the Palestinian Authority, largely irrelevant. Far from being crushed, Hamas is now a serious player and is being "mainstreamed" in the U.S. Finally, from all that appears, the conflict has been resolved (for the time being) without any mechanism that will prevent Hamas from rebuilding, and then increasing, its deadly arsenal aimed at Israel.
Smith's dismissal of the Israeli perception that Hamas came out ahead should be suspect on its face. Israelis presumably understand their security situation and have no incentive to proclaim defeat. But the Israeli perception shouldn't be dispositive, so let's examine the situation.
The key is Iran, which goes virtually unmentioned by Smith. The resolution of this confrontation will leave Israel exposed to missile attacks from the south, just as the failure to defeat Hezbollah in 2006 leaves Israel exposed to missile attacks from the north. Israel thus remains poorly positioned to deal with the looming Iranian threat. The combined ability of Hamas and Hezbollah to bomb all of Israel serves as a deterrent to an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear capability. And if Israel decides to attack anyway, the failure to defeat these two minnows will mean that Israel likely pays a higher price in the resulting conflict.
Smith notes that Hezbollah sat out the Israel-Hamas confrontation. But this doesn't demonstrate that the 2006 war neutered Hezbollah, as Smith suggests. Rather, it shows that Hezbollah (and Iran) correctly determined that Hezbollah should husband its arsenal in order to maximize their ability to bombard Israel in the event of war with Iran.
Smith concludes that Israeli dissatisfaction with the outcome of the Hamas confrontation and the Hezbollah war rests on an "unrealistic, or ahistorical" understanding of what war can accomplish. "The reality," he asserts "is that few wars are conclusive, especially in the Middle East."
But for a regional superpower, wars must be more conclusive than Israel's last two before they can be considered victories. Moreover, it is not ahistorical to recognize the transformative power that normally follows a true military defeat.
Israel's smashing victory over Egypt in 1973 brought it decades of real peace and put an end to Nasserism, once considered the wave of the future in the Middle East. It should also be noted that the rise of Nasserism had much to do with the unsuccessful effort of England, France, and Israel to topple Nasser during the Suez crisis, an effort that failed when the U.S. helped bail Nasser out.
When a revolutionary movement results in resounding defeat and accompanying misery, its claim to represent the future is refuted, and reassessement normally follows. When a revolutionary movement survives an effort to defeat it military, its claim to represent the future is reinforced, and there is no reason to reassess. These historical truths apply just as much to the Middle East as elsewhere.
Hamas and Hezbollah have both survived Israel's efforts to defeat it militarily. They survived because Israel lacked the will to finish the fight. In the recent case, it lacked the will to put ground soldiers at risk. For a regional superpower whose survival as an entity is at stake, that's not a win.
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Christmas Books and the Education of Statesmen
Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:27 AM PST
(Steven Hayward)
I'm working up toward a Christmas book gift list for the Claremont Review in a few more days, and the process has made me press ahead further into Jean Yarbrough's indispensable new book, mentioned here previously, Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition. There are lots of TR books out there-some of them even pretty good, though most are not that good on the question of exploring and untangling his political thought in depth. Yarbrough's is.
Yarbrough goes further than virtually all other authors in particular on TR's intellectual background, with a fascinating chapter on "The Education of Theodore Roosevelt." I've lately been fascinated by the question of the educational backgrounds of presidents. (For example, read Calvin Coolidge's account of his Amherst education in his autobiography if you want to see a proper education properly received.) Yarbough has figured out what courses TR took and what books he read at Harvard, and then wrestles with why he didn't seem to absorb what others did from reading, for example, Frederic Bastiat, or knowing about The Federalist (which he did not read at Harvard). For example:
As he sought to attract a younger generation of college-educated men to political careers, Roosevelt had one bit of advice: "Read The Federalist-it is one of the greatest-I would hardly know whether it would not be right to say that it is on the whole the greatest book dealing with applied politics there has ever been." . . .
Yet for all his praise of The Federalist, it is worth noting that Roosevelt himself had little to say about the particular theory of republicanism it expounded. He had not read the work in college, and it is not clear when he first sat down with it, or how carefully he considered its arguments.
One of the things Yarbrough is on to that very few people have ever sufficiently noticed is how the so-called "Social Darwinists"-supposed conservatives, remember-actually played a significant role in undermining the central philosophy of the American Founding, and how "Social Darwinism" was picked up by the left-Progressives like Woodrow Wilson. Short sample:
Although [William Graham] Sumner is often described by both his supporters and critics as a "classical liberal" in the tradition of John Locke and the founders, this characterization is misleading because it focuses exclusively on Sumner's defense of limited government and individual liberty, while ignoring the Darwinian ground of his argument. . .
Yet Sumner's objection was not simply that natural rights has strayed too far from their eighteenth century moorings. His Darwinian view of nature was fundamentally at odds with the founders' moral understanding of the "law of nature and nature's God."
There's a lot more here to wrestle with, and because of TR's in-between character (in-between left-Progressivism and more decent liberal reformism), understanding him more clearly is useful to seeing our way ahead today.
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Expanding Medicaid Plans: A Costly Mistake for States
States are already struggling to pay their Medicaid bills. Why put taxpayers on the hook to pay even more?
Medicaid is the single biggest item in state budgets today. It consumes, on average, 23 percent of state dollars spent, pinching funds for other high-priority functions - such as education, transportation and emergency services.
Yet expanding Medicaid was a central tenet of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It required states to open their program to all individuals earning less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level. The goal was to reduce the number of uninsured - by dumping 17 million Americans onto the Medicaid rolls.
Such a huge expansion wouldn't come cheap, and cash-strapped states grumbled that they couldn't possibly afford it. So the architects of Obamacare decided to take a carrot-and-stick approach to get the states to play ball.
The carrot: We, the feds, will pick up 100 percent of your expansion costs for three years, and lesser percentages thereafter. The stick: If you don't expand your program, we'll cut off all your federal Medicaid funds.
The fact that the authors of Obamacare felt the need to threaten states with total defunding tells you that they knew many states would resist expanding their programs - even with 100 percent federal funding.
Why? For starters, many state officials are leery of federal promises to pay program costs in perpetuity.
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November 29, 2012
Will the Supreme Court Let Citizens Answer, What Is Marriage?
by Ryan T. Anderson, William E. Simon Research Fellow
in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society
As Sherif Girgis, Robert P. George, and I argue in The Wall Street Journal, the future of marriage is the future of humanity.
Conservatives rightly uphold the institution of marriage between a man and a woman because marriage is the seedbed of society, the necessary precondition for limited self-government.
But not everyone sees it this way. With the United States Supreme Court expected to decide this week whether to hear challenges to traditional marriage laws, now is the time for citizens to think deeply about the nature and purpose of marriage. Marriage unites a man and woman holistically-emotionally and bodily, in acts of conjugal love and in the children such love brings forth-for the whole of life. In the revisionist view of marriage, however, what sets marriage apart from other bonds is emotional intensity-what one philosopher refers to as your "number one person." But nothing about emotional union requires it to be permanent. Or limited to two. Or sexual, much less sexually exclusive. Or inherently oriented to family life and shaped by its demands.
As a result, redefining marriage to include same-sex relationships would harm the common good as it obscures the true nature of marriage and thus weakens the marriage culture. Weakening marital norms would hurt children and spouses, especially the poorest among us.
Empty appeals to "equality" get us nowhere. As my co-authors and I argue:
Every marriage policy draws lines, leaving out some types of relationships. Equality forbids arbitrary line-drawing. But we cannot know which lines are arbitrary without answering two questions: What is marriage, and why does it matter for policy?
The conjugal and revisionist views are two rival answers; neither is morally neutral. Each is supported by some religious and secular worldviews but rejected by others.... So voters must decide: Which view is right? The best philosophy, theology, sociology, and what G. K. Chesterton called the democracy of the dead-tradition-all suggest that the conjugal view is right. As we argue in our new book What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, marriage is a uniquely comprehensive union. It involves a union of hearts and minds but also a bodily union made possible by sexual complementarity. Marriage is inherently extended and enriched by procreation and family life and objectively calls for similarly all-encompassing commitment, norms of permanence, and exclusivity.
In the op-ed, we detail why conservatives would be ill-advised to abandon support for conjugal marriage even if it hadn't won more support than Governor Mitt Romney in every state where marriage was on the ballot.
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The Danger of International Internet Regulation
Regulating the Internet is something Americans have resisted here at home. Now that fight is going global.
The United Nations-of course-has an agency that oversees international telecommunications. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) was founded in 1865, when the telegraph was its main concern. Now it's trying to expand its influence over modern-day communications.
Starting on Monday, the 193 member states of the ITU will meet in Dubai to update the 1988 International Telecommunications Regulations.
The ITU is looking to transform itself into a "global Internet rule maker," according to a new Issue Brief by Heritage's James Gattuso and Brett Schaefer. "At a time when competition should be making it less relevant, it is expanding its turf." They set the scene:
Some countries have proposed granting the ITU more authority over the Internet and making other changes purportedly for such goals as enhancing cybersecurity, reducing costs for developing-country consumers, and increasing investment by telecommunications providers. However, many of these seemingly benign proposals could undermine the Internet freedoms that are essential to spurring economic development and protecting human rights. The U.S. should oppose these efforts.
As with other United Nations bodies, the U.S. gets one vote that is considered equally with countries like Libya. Of course, in the case of the Internet, many countries' governments consider it a threat-online communications have helped people organize protests and uprisings like the "Arab Spring."
"Governments that will be in attendance at the closed-door...summit-including some that currently censor Internet traffic within their own borders-have proposed amendments to the treaty that could make it easier to monitor and control how everyone uses the Web," warns Eric Johnson of AllThingsD.com.
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Irving said that "fear is a great driver, and people like to regulate what they fear."
The ITU's process is anything but transparent, so most of the key details known so far have been leaked, appropriately, on the Internet. According to the leaked documents, several troubling proposals are on the table from different countries, many of which resent the current Internet framework because of a perceived dominance by the United States.
For example:
Russia would require networks to identify subscribers when delivering traffic. The sponsoring states argue that these powers would help them fight cybercrime, but they could also be used for censorship and political suppression.
Schaefer and Gattuso warn that regulating the Internet is, in short, a very bad idea. "At best, this is unnecessary, as the Internet is doing quite well under the current framework. At worst, the expansion will allow the U.N.-parent organization of the ITU-to stifle the Web."
The House of Representatives has already spoken out against this international regulation. In August, it unanimously passed (414-0) a resolution urging the Obama Administration to "clearly articulate...the consistent and unequivocal policy of the United States to promote a global Internet free from government control." Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a similar version of this resolution in the Senate, but it has not been voted on yet.
America cannot stand for any rules that justify or facilitate censorship or repression, or an expansion of the authority of the ITU over the Internet. The freedom of people around the world may depend on it.
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November 29, 2012
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On Today's Program
 WOW: Liberal painter 'shocked' that Glenn was reasonable during interview
Since the left cannot argue with fact, they resort to smears. If all one knew of Glenn Beck is what they read in the media they most likely believe Glenn is a flaming irrational jerk. That's exactly what the liberal artist who created the Obama as Jesus poster thought - until he sat down with Glenn last night on TheBlaze TV. Check out the reaction caught on mic immediately after the interview.
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Glenn's Book Tour Starts Today! Glenn's hitting the road for his AGENDA 21 book tour. He will be making stops in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas! Get all the details and find out if he is coming to a city near you HERE.
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Media missed the point of "Obama in Pee Pee"
Not surprisingly, the media and the left flew into outrage mode over Glenn's placing of a fake Obama into a jar of fake urine. Glenn explains how the media completely missed the point and the left still doesn't see how they're exposing their own hypocrisy by lashing out - WATCH.
Place your bid for "Obama in Pee Pee"
Today on radio Glenn continued the auctioning off of his amazing "Obama in Pee Pee" artwork. After eBay shut down the original auction, Glenn decided to conduct one of his own. All proceeds from the auction go to Mercury One's Hope for the Holidays fund. Place your bid by emailing obamapeepee@glennbeck.com. Don't want to place a bid? You can donate directly to the Hope for the Holidays fund HERE.
Progressive Christmas: attacking God, Jesus & the cross: The progressive war on Christmas - and Christianity in general - continues to rage on. The latest example comes from a small town in Kansas that found itself smack dab in the middle of a battle with progressives who were oh-so offended that a cross was on public property! Hear the oblivious local news report and get Glenn's reaction on radio today.
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Rand Paul - the only one left?
Glenn interviewed seemingly the only politician with a spine on radio today, Senator Rand Paul. While many Republicans are displaying a readiness to just throw out everything they said they believed in and cave to Obama, Sen. Paul is trying to hold the line. Check out the interview today and find out how to get involved HERE.
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Stand up for the real meaning of Christmas
We all know about the war on Christmas. It's been going on probably since the beginning of Christmas. Up until now we've treated the Christmas haters as harmless, lost souls who need help. But is it time to start taking them seriously? Glenn thinks so - here's why.
Never let a crisis go to waste - that's how the left gets things done. The radicals behind U.N. Agenda 21 are no different. They'll use any situation from a natural disaster (have you seen how Hurricane Sandy has already been co-opted?) to a traffic problem to promote their plans for "sustainable development" and "controlled growth." Want to know what the world might look like if America doesn't wake up to this frightening plan that's infiltrating communities around the nation? Get a copy of Glenn's new thriller novel, AGENDA 21, and experience it for yourself. Already ready AGENDA 21? We'd love to know what you think. Tweet us your feedback using #Agenda21!
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